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A Complete List Of The 2017 Unleashed Award Winners!

In October, we came together to celebrate innovation, creativity and entrepreneurial spirit at our annual Unleashed Awards! We put on our party shoes and celebrated some of the most inspiring initiatives and the young Australians leading them.

Each year we honour the impact young people have made to the biggest social and economic challenges of our time. The annual Unleashed Awards are our way of giving them a big ol’ pat on the back for making an incredible contribution to our world with a night of music, celebration and guest speakers.

This year we were lucky enough to be joined by NASA Astronaut Jessica Meir straight from Houston, Texas. Melbourne’s own Triple J Unearthed stars Kaiit and Alice Skye performed, and all-female group YOWO Music kept us grooving through the night as the houseband. Pulling it all together, our host was none other than funny man, Nath Valvo.

Here are the winners and high commendations we celebrated across the 9 categories

Christopher of BCD Services, winner of the Rookie Enterprise of the Year 7-9

Awarded to a project imagined by students involved in the 2017 Australian of the Year and Foundation for Young Australians Inspired Citizens program. It has been created to celebrate young people who recognise and act on their potential to lead positive change in their communities.

Winner | Stomping Out Stereotypes Frankston High School, VIC

Stomping Out Stereotypes is a project created by Year 9 students at Frankston High School. Their mission is to reduce the impact of stereotyping in their community and through this, make a broader positive impact on issues such as bullying, racism and sexism. They have designed and run school workshops with local primary school students, to create new ways to educate young people about stereotypes and to inspire critical thinking. Their aim is to show their community that they can make a difference by facing up to unconscious stereotyping and changing this behaviour.

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Champion of Change

Awarded to an individual who is well known in the public domain and is leading the way with social change.

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